Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-19
THE COURT REooRn
Superior Court-CrimfnaI Side-Ju

Superior COurt-CriminaI Side-Judge
 Andrews.
 The trial of Frank H. Morse, who is charged with arson, was again taken up yesterday. In the morning Bossman, who was on the stand when court adjourned on Friday, was cross examined. He told the same story as on Friday, that the affidavit made by him while in jail to Grover, Wallace, Harrison and Austin was utterly false He again stated that he had never had one solitary thing to do about the fire, and knew nothing whatsoever of any fire. He said the reason he went back on his former testimony in his affidavit was that it was not so, and because he did not want to be party to convicting a man whom he did not know whether guilty or not. A. W. Dean, a former insurance agent of Meriden, testified to the insurance on the glass works. Dennis Hollands testi- mony that he saw Msnville at the shop the night of the fire, but did not see Morse, closed the morning session of the court
 After the intermission Judge Andrews took his seat promptly at 3 p. m. and the law yers who are interested in the case filed in on time. There were a good many spectators present then and they kept increasing till about all of the seats in the gallery were oe-
 
 stairs. good many Wallingford people were present and they seemed to take great deal of interest in the trial. The main point that the State endeavored to bring out in the afternoon was that the Manville brothers had been approached by agents of Morse in an eff fort to bribe them into clearing out for a few months until the trial was over. This point did not taper to head, as court was adjourned before they had time, but it will be tried to be proven to. day
 The first witness of the afternoon session was Patrick Whalen, who testified to being fireman for Morse in 1882. He did not know Manville personally, but when pointed out when he left.
 John P. Stevenson testified that Morse paid him certain amount-$7 he thought for clothing ManvilIe purchased of him.
 William Hall was called and testified to the dates and amounts of several insurance policies and the amounts paid after the May fire, which amounted to $9, 500 The com pany he represented refused to place any more insurance on the property after the May fire. Witness said that in June, after the fire had occurred, portion of glassware which they had paid insurance on was found near the Wallingford depot.
 Then Judge of Probate Martin, of Wal lingford, took the stand. His testimony was relative to Morse's insolvency. He had the papers of insolvency. but in them no account had been kept of payments which it is alleged he paid to Manville. The prosecution by this tried to prove that Morse had a purpose in keeping no account of his payments to Manville and that he took what he thought were necessary precautions in this way to clear himself when charged with paying Manville sums of money at different times
 Charles Gerdenier, chief of the Bridgeport fire department, was present. He was called to the witness stand. He testified to putting ST, ,500 in with Morse for the glass works He went to Wallingford at one time and found the workmen were loudly clamoring for their pay. After he got back to Bridge the workmen. The money, however, was not used by Morse to pay them.
 Mrs. Shepard testified on Friday. She was again recalled and gave some important facts. "When Manville came back what reasons did he give for doing sop State Attorney ,n Doolittle asked. did you have with him when you went away?'' "He told me-" the witness said, "wben he went away that he expected a letter from Morse with $10 enclosed in it. He gave me permission to open the letter and said could let the $10 go toward what he owed me for board. The letter was signed by Frank Morse and said"
 "stop, stop, stop, stop just where you arel'' SuFllIl SJdCuldLS4 SC1 SdsO5 up hurriedly and showing his hands deep into his pockets. "You needn't mind about tell ing what the letter said"
 lis objection was sustained and the witness, further questioned, continued: Morse called at my house about two or three weeks after i received the let ter with the $1O in it. think it was three weeks after. He wanted to sell me buggy. He said he wanted $45 for it. He said 1 could pay $25 down and the re- maining $20 could be let go towards Manville's board bill Told Morse that I had enough buggies already and did not feel like putting any more money into one. This was all the conversation I had with him.
 "Did you get second letter?' the State attorney asked the witness.
 "No; but Manville showed me @ second letter which he had received. It was signed by Morse. It coptained $a0. The letter said:"
 s'Stop, stop" again shouted Lawyer Case. q told you once not to tell what those let !tars said.'' 2.
 Witness went on to say that she received a letter from Manville before the fire, but destroyed it.
 "Don't you know, as matter of fact, that it was Will Morse who wanted to sell you the buggy2"
 ''No, sir, did not It was Frank Morse''
 "Did you not tell Will Morse when he, in company with another young man, went to your home once, that you thought it was Frank Morse who came to your house and wanted to know if Manville was there, and that was all he said! And did you not tell him that you did not know Frank Morses''
 .''No, sir, did not," emphatically said the witness.
 The intent of the prosecution in introduc- ing this testimony relative to the money, and which the counsel for the defense tried to 1. oIas,,a who offered the money on Manville's board bill and that the letters could not be proven were from Morse, but might have been forged was to convey the idea that Morse wanted to keep Manville all straight and not say word about the fire, and so was paying up his debts.
 Charles Manville was recalled, but as he did not make his appearance everybody craned their necks to see if they could not spy him somewhere in the room. He had been excused on account of headache.
 Henry Manville, brother of Charles, took the witness stand. "Was proposition made to you in September of 1884 to go to Maine and spend couple of months?" queried the State attorney.
 Lawyer Case was immediately on his feet and very forcibly objected to any such testi mony being allowed. The judge ruled that it was admissible if it would be connected with Morse.
 MT. Doolittle said he intended to show that this proposition emanated from agents oi Morse.
 "Now, your honor." said Mir. Case, "I don't like to say anything after ruling But this is. a thing that perhaps will prejudice the minds of tht jury. The trouble is that it will go along aud the gap which is to connect Morse witt | it will never be filed. Why2 because they ! can't prove any such thing, and know it Would it not be better way to let the jury go out and let witness tell everything out O | their hearing?'. <
 "Gentlemen of the. jury. you are dismisset | till ten o'clock tomorrow morning." spok up the judge.
 Then the little group of lawyers brough | their chairs up closer and closed around l State Attorney Doolittle while he told then and the judge what he intended to prove l He said that in September of 1884, just be | fore the trial of Morse which was to come of on the 26th of the following month, tn
 Manville brothers were told by agents o Morse that if they would go to Maine for tw' months they would be paid $2 50 day ant expenses. The proposition was not reall, | rejected at the time. They finally, however l went to some obscure place in New Yorl State. While there some despatches fcti tiously signed and addressed were sent. | l oap,a x.yhiob raad. EtWi1l ha thar